Beacon Hill shooting victim identified

The man shot to death Tuesday on Beacon Hill was Shawn Edward Hall, 39, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Police say he was killed in an act of domestic violence by Lakesha Shaniel French, 30. Both died from gunshot wounds.

Hall was shot about 2:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of South Hinds Street. A witness who heard shots saw a man down and a woman kneeling next to him. Within minutes, police identified the man, who died at the scene, and said French fled as a passenger in a blue four-door car. Hall was shot in the head and back, police said.

It was the eighth Seattle homicide this year and the sixth domestic violence death.

As homicide detectives combed the South Hinds Street homicide scene, police found French in Tukwila. Investigators say she was driving alone.

She stopped at Interurban Avenue South and 144th Street and shot herself. Police said she died at the scene.

A background check with the State Patrol shows French has a history of domestic issues and multiple felony convictions, including a 2007 felony conviction for unlawful firearm possession.

The shooting is the eighth homicide in Seattle this year and the first since Steve Sok was shot to death in Belltown on June 6. Three people have been arrested in the case. Read more here.